ECE 3400 - Intelligent Physical Systems

Fall. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: ECE 2100, ECE 2200, ECE 2300. Recommended prerequisite: ECE 2400 or equivalent. In the Fall 2021 offering of ECE 3400, courses will be in-person. Every student will be required to complete and demonstrate the various hands-on tasks with several labs throughout the semester. The labs will have a hardware component as well as a software component.

C. Poitras.

Students will engage in a microcontroller-based approach to building a robot which can perceive and act upon its environment. This course will expand on the ECE 2000-level courses, and include topics on microcontrollers, sensors, motors & actuators, and circuit & software debugging. Students will learn the value and trade-offs between theory/simulation and physical implementations, and gain familiarity with teamwork, leadership skills, time management, and how to disseminate work to a broader audience through wiki-pages.

Outcome 1: Ability to evaluate what problems are best solved in software and/or electronics, as well as the trade-offs between theory, simulation, and practical implementations.

Outcome 2: Ability to work effectively on a team, as a member and as a leader.

Outcome 3: Ability to effectively communicate through online media, the process through which the project was implemented.

Outcome 4: Awareness of professional and ethical responsibilities in the context of the course.d.